Security researchers say a common processor design used by Intel and mobile chip tech designer, ARM, may leave the door open to exposing sensitive system data. A newly discovered exploit in most modern processors could make your computer or phone vulnerable to attacks. But chipmakers say they've got fixes ready to go. Researchers believe that affected PC are the ones made in the last 2 decades.

The call it Meltdown and Spectre flaws, and fortunately, Intel, AMD, and ARM believe they can mitigate or even fix it with software patches, while giant tech companies like Microsoft, Apple and Google have already released some of those patches.

The Meltdown and Spectre flaws as they call it is a newly identified flaw as it was revealed affects modern processors and practically every Intel computer released in the last two decades, the AMD and Arm chips in your laptops, tablets, and phones. This flaw could let hackers access passwords, encryption keys or any other sensitive information open in applications.

Security researchers also made it known that this flaw isn't peculiar to Intel and AMD processors as many speculated, instead, they impact everything from phones to PCs and servers. "It's not really one vendor's problem," Steve Smith, head of Intel's data center engineering operations, said during a conference call Wednesday. "It's not an issue with our product. It's not an issue with someone else's product." It's a general design issue that impacts most modern chips, he explains.



Here is How to Protect Yourself From Meltdown and Spectre CPU Flaws

There are already being several updates released by tech companies like Google and Apple on how to stay protected from the flaws. In some devices, the update is downloaded and updated automatically while in some, you will have to do them yourself, but as usual, you'll need to be diligent about this. So here's everything we know as of Jan. 5, 2018 about how to protect yourself from Meltdown and Spectre CPU Flaws


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